1. towane

2. suo or surai

3. suraiye

4. suo suo  (litː 'two two' ) or suo te suo, or sometime they say suo iro suo iro
   (litː 'two take two take')

5. okonom koro muruo (lit: hand-our half all')

6. okonom koro towane (lit: 'hand-our half all, one') okonom koro muruo koro towane

7. okonom koro suo

8. okonom koro suraiye

9. okonom koro muruo koro suo te suo

10. okonom koro koro (lit: hand-our half half') or okonom koro kro muruo

11. okonom koro koro muruo kaunom ɡam towane

     (lit: hand-our half half all, leg-our child-its one')

12. okonom koro koro muruo kaunom ɡam suo

13. okonom koro koro muruo kaunom ɡam suraiye

14. okonom koro koro muruo kaunom ɡam koro suo te suo

15. okonom koro koro muruo kaunom koro muruo

      (lit: hand-our half half all, leg-our half all')

16. okonom koro muruo kaunom koro towane

17. okonom koro muruo kaunom koro towane suo

18. okonom koro muruo kaunom koro towane suraiye

19. okonom koro muruo kaunom koro towane suo te suo

20. okonom koro koro muruo kaunom koro muruo

     (lit: hand-our half half all, leg-our half all')

Other comments: Chuave is spoken by about 26,000 speakers in Chuave district, Chimbu province and Lufa district, Eastern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. The Chuave-speaking people has a finger and toe tally-systems, like that of the Chimbu speakers, which has a (2, 5, 20) cyclic pattern. The number word for 5 is 'okonom koro' or 'okonom koro muruo', i.e. 'hands-our half' or 'hand-our half all'. The number word for 10 is 'okonom koro koro' or 'okonom koro kro muruo', i.e.

'hand-our half half' or 'hand-our half half all'. The tallying then proceeds on the toes 'okonom koro koro muruo kaunom koro koro muruo', i.e.'hand-our half half all leg-our half half all' or simpler version 'okonom kaunom muruo', i.e. 'hand(s)-our leg(s)-our all'. No informants gave 'one mane' as an alternative for 20 although tally does apparently proceed by repeating the finger-and-toe 20 cycle.